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TOP 100 TOOLS FOR LEARNING 2007
By Type of Tool
Finalised: 5 September 2007
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The following table categorises the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2007 by type of tool. It is in two parts: Personal Tools and Producer Tools. The Recommendations are the highest ranked Tools in The Top 100 Tools list in each category.

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Personal Tools

Category	Recommendation	Others
Web browsers and extensions	Firefox	Internet Explorer \| Flock \| Safari
-	Zotero \| CoComment \| Firebug \| ScribeFire \| delicious Bookmarks
RSS readers	Google Reader	Bloglines \| NetNewsWire \| FeedRaider
Email Tools	Gmail	Outlook (£) \| Thunderbird \| Yahoo Mail \| Apple Mail \| Eudora \| Outlook Express
Personal home/start pages	iGoogle	Netvibes \| Pageflakes
Social bookmarking	del.icio.us	diigo \| Furl
Podcast players	iTunes	-
PDF readers	Adobe Reader	-
Social networks	Facebook	LinkedIn \| Eduspaces \| twitter \| Explode
Instant messenger	Skype	Adium \| Google Talk \| MSN/Windows Messenger \| iChat \| Pidgin \| Meebo \| twitter
(Re)search Tools	Google Search	Wikipedia \| Google Scholar \| Amazon \| Dogpile \| Quintura \| Technorati \| Zotero
Online productivity Tools	Google Calendar	Google Maps \| Google Notebook \| Google Alerts \| Mozy
Desktop productivity Tools	Google Desktop	Copernic Desktop Search \| X1 (£) \| Google Earth \| Parallels (£) \| Quicksilver (£)
Mobile phone Tools	Meebo \| twitter \| Jaiku
iPod Tools	iTunes

Producer Tools

Category	Recommendation	Other suggestions
Documents, Spreadsheet (& Database) Tools	Word (£)	Google Docs & Spreadsheets \| OpenOffice \| Zoho \| Excel (£) \| Access (£) \| EndNote
Presentation Tools	PowerPoint (£)	Keynote (£) \| OpenOffice \| Zoho \| Slideshare
Narrated presentation Tools	Articulate Presenter (£)	Adobe Presenter (£) \| Slideshare \| VoiceThread \| PhotoStory
PDF Conversion Tools	Acrobat Professional (£)	CutePDF Writer \| OpenOffice
Blogging Tools	WordPress	Blogger \| TypePad (£) \| MovableType (£) \| Edublogs \| b2evolution \| ScribeFire \| ecto \| FeedBlitz \| CoComment \| MyBlogLog \| StatCounter
Podcasting Tools	Audacity	Gabcast \| Skype \| Odeo
Wiki Tools	Wikispaces	MediaWiki \| PB Wiki \| Jotspot \| Tiddlywiki \| Confluence
Mindmapping Tools	MindManager (£)	FreeMind \| Cmap \| Inspiration (£) \| MindMeister (£) \| Bubbl.us
Web Authoring Tools	Dreamweaver (£)	Google Page Creator \| Flash (£) \| Frontpage Firebug \| Web Developer \| StatCounter
HTML/Text editors	HTML-Kit \| Notepad \| Notepad++ \| TextPad \| Vim
Graphics, image and photo editing Tools	GIMP	Gliffy \| Picasa \| Photoshop (£) \| Fireworks (£) \| OmniGraffle (£) \| Paint Shop Pro (£)
Courses and tutorial (rapid e-learning) Tools	Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio (£)	Adobe Presenter (£) \| eXe \| CourseLab
Interactivity, quiz and testing Tools	Articulate Engage/ Quizmaker (£)	Flash (£)
Course management systems	Moodle	Blackboard \| DrupalEd
Tools for courses by Email	Gmail	Outlook (£) \| Thunderbird \| Apple Mail \| Yahoo Mail \| Eudora
Screen capture and screencasting Tools	Captivate (£)	SnagIt (£) \| Camtasia (£) \| iShowU (£) \| Gadwin PrintScreen
Live E-Learning / Web Meeting Tools	Elluminate (£)	Yugma \| Adobe Connect Professional (£) \| iVocalize \| Skype
Social networking Tools	Ning	Elgg
Content management Systems	Drupal	b2evolution
Group space Tools	Yahoo Groups	Google Groups
Virtual world Tools	Second Life	-
File hosting/sharing sites	flickr \| YouTube \| Slideshare \| Scribd \| TeacherTube \| Odeo \| eSnips